Sandford Bay surfForecast / Scot – East Coast / UK

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 pm Thursday 08 Jan 2026 GMT
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Sandford Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Sandford Bay sea temperature is
8.0° C
(Which is normal for this time of year)


How big are the waves at Sandford Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Sandford Bay at 9PM is: 1.0m 6s primary swell from a East-southeast direction and 0.4m 8s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 05:00pm January 08). The wind direction is predicted to be cross-shore.

Time (GMT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (08 Jan)--
Afternoon (08 Jan)4.5ft (1.4m)8s
Evening (08 Jan)3.5ft (1.0m)6s

Table - waves today at Sandford Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

Updates in  hr  min  s Forecast update imminent
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM3PM6PM9PM0AM3AM6AM9AM12PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
1.4
ESE
1.2
ESE
1
ESE
1.2
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.1
ESE
1.8
ESE
2.2
E
2.5
E
3
E
2.4
ESE
2.4
ESE
3
E
3
E
3
E
2.5
E
2.5
E
2.3
E
2.1
E
1.8
E
1.6
E
1.1
E
0.8
E
0.5
E
Period(s) (?)87666678891010101010101010998888
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)23213988977483327596887156911241169197217141569146111949857585173751567431
Wind
(km/h)
25
S
20
S
20
SSE
20
ESE
10
ENE
25
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
35
ESE
35
ESE
30
ESE
30
ESE
25
SE
25
SE
25
SSE
30
S
30
S
35
S
40
S
45
S
45
S
55
S
65
S
65
S
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
crosscrosscrosscross-
on
oncross-
on
ononcross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
cross-
on
crosscrosscross-
off
cross-
off
crosscrosscrosscrosscross
High Tide
/ height (m)
4:05PM
3.33
4:55AM
2.82
4:51PM
3.11
5:42AM
2.67
5:41PM
2.88
6:32AM
2.54
Low Tide
/ height (m)
10:31PM
0.34
10:34AM
0.94
11:17PM
0.59
11:23AM
1.10
12:08AM
0.84
Thursday
08
Friday
09
Saturday
10
Sunday
11
Sunrise------8:44-------8:42-------8:41-
Sunset3:41-------3:44-------3:45-------
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
light rain
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
cloud
cloud
light rain
light rain
light rain
Rain (mm)
-----2--1--1---1-----142
Temp. °C444546555454444444444434
Feels °C (?)-3-2-2-10-1-3-3-4-5-3-4-3-3-3-4-4-5-5-7-7-8-11-10
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